Irrigation water-gate.



umm/Iss, IRRIGIATIOIIA `WATER GATE.

y I A PPLIOATIQN FILED FEB. 11.11913.

` A A f 1 Patented May 20, 1913.

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URIAHsERvIss, or GRIDLEY, CALIFORNIA. Y

IRRIGATION WATER-GATE.

1,062,042. i specification of 'To all-whom it my concern.' c

Be it known that I, URIAH Snnviss, a citizen of the United vStates of America, residing at Gridley, in the county of Butte and Stateof California, have invented certain nenr and useful I-m` rovements in Irrigation Water-Gates, of 'Winch the following is .a specication. Y c

The invention relatesy to animproved Water gate tory use in irrigation work, being partieularlydirected to a gate adapted for ready connection with or removal from the fiume or pipe to check the flow of Water therefrom. f

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a water gate adapted to be applied to close the end .of the-pipe or fiume and provided with simple locking `means whereby it may be securediin pipeclosing position against kthe iiow of water irri ation Work. T e inventlon in its preferred forni of dei tails will be described in the following specificatiom reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, 1n which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a broken plan of the same; Fig. 3 is an elevation, partlyin section, of the sama,

Referring Vparticularly to the accompanying drawmgavvherein like A parts are indicated by like `characters of# reference throughout the several views, my improved gate, which is designed to close the discharge end of a flume or pipe 1 comprises a tact.

ameter of the disk sothat the ends of the plate or disk 2 of'approximately rectangular outline and of appropriate` dimensions izo-extend an appreciable distance beyond the exterior surface of the flume or pipe when in operative relation to the end thereof. Secured through the medium'of rivets- 3 upon the inneri'ace of the disk 2 and eoincident` in dimensions therewith is a Washer 4. Mounted upon the outer surface of the disk 2 is a locking lever 5, the same* being centrally pivoted through the medium of a removable, threaded bolt G passing through the disk and washer 4 and maintaining said disk and `washer in stable con- The lever exceeds in length the di- Letters Patent.

Application filed February 1 1, 1913. ySerial N o. 77,644.

i lever project beyond the edges of the disk.

Securedfto the fiumey or pipe 1 in diametrically opposed relation are hooks 7, each" `preferably constrructed of a single length of matemaland secured at one endin iat relation to the fiume or rpipe by rivets or'the like 8. Beyond the secured section the ma. `v

terial of the hook is oii'set, as at 9 to permit clearance of the side edges 10 of the disk 2 and Washer 4, and then terminally projected l upward to form a bill or retaining member 11, said member being slight-ly. flared outwardly to provide an inclined inner edge 12, the latter gradually approachingpfrom the 'free terminal of the hook toward the end` .Gf the flume.

' The hooks 7 are arranged in diametri'- 4cally opposed positions and in opposiiion to jea'ch other, that is with' the hook of one opening upwardly and the hook. of the other opening downwardly. The hooks are so secured to the fiume that their inner edges l2 of the bill portions are spaced a proper dis- 7taneefrom the en d of the flume-to insure, `r*when the disk is operatively positioned and the leveris turned to engage the hooks, a

binding action between said lever and hooks,r

resulting, as the leveifis seated, in lan increasing pressureof the disk against the edge ofthe fiume to maintaiira Water-tight f connectionbetween said pipe and Washer 4.

From the above description it will be. obvious that the improved gate maybe readily connected to or'disconnected from the flume,

that when removed there is no obstruction A to the free passage of Water from the fiume, the salient feature of the 'present `invent-ion residingA in the provision' of a pivoted locking lever for the gate which is adapted to engage reversely located hooks on the fiume and to exert `inward pressure on the gate through the 'relative positioning of said hooks and lever.

Having thus described my invention,

'what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters, Patent, is The combination with a fiume or pip having diametrieally opposed hooks opening in opposition to each other, of a gate` coniprisinfr a disk, a washer secured to the inner surface of the disk tov engage the end of the'pipe,.a lever pivotally mounted upon ver whereby to tension the lever when n Witnesses: )i

the dutlsidie ofthe disk and designed-to ter- In izestilnony whereof I aHiX signature minally `engage the hooks of the pipe, said in the presence of two Witnesses. hooks-'being provided l with inclined bearing surfaces ladapted to Contact with the le- URIAH SERVISS locking position to induce pressure upon the R. C. LONG, disk. EDWiN C. MmLER.

, Coplespf this p atent vixmy lie obtained for tive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' 'Washingtom D. C. 

